Background
George H. Bulford was born in 1870 in Worcester, England, United Kingdom. George came to this country in 1886 when his parents settled in Columbus.
George H. Bulford was born in 1870 in Worcester, England, United Kingdom. George came to this country in 1886 when his parents settled in Columbus.
In 1886 George began architectural study in the local office of Yost & Packard. In 1899 he formed a partnership with C. E. Richards and J.E. McCarty, and except for an interim of a few months in 1904 spent in travel and the study of art in Europe, continued a member of the firm the rest of his life. In the office, Mr. Bulford devoted himself to designing and preparing water-color perspectives of buildings, with his associates in charge of the business and engineering phases of the work. During his connection with the firm, the partners enjoyed a long period of success, commissioned as architects of many outstanding buildings in Columbus. Notable examples of their work in the city were the U. S. Post Office- Ohio National Bank, 1910; the South High School, 1923-1924; Hartman Theatre and Office Building; American Educational Press; Children's Hospital; Motorist Mutual Insurance Company Building; re-modeling of the Broad Street Presbyterian Church, and other commercial and residential work. In addition, the firm designed Court Houses at Kenton and Eaton, Ohio; the Wichita Hotel in Kansas, United States; Phenix Hotel at Lexington, and a Methodist Church in Bexley, Ohio, United States. As one of the founders and president of the Allied Architects Association until its dissolution in 1936, Mr. Bulford was connected with the erection of the new City Hall and Municipal Building.